Tea for two, and two for tea, Me for you, and you for me.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal

My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip.
What is the difference between scandal and gossip?
Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

Astonishing how tea opens the ears.

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same.